Palestinian Ministry of Health said patients with leukemia and cancer tumors in Gaza hospitals are exposed by Israel and the Palestinian Authority to what it described as "pharmaceutical piracy" threatening their lives.
In a press release, spokesman for the ministry Ashraf Al-Qudra stated that one third of the total medicines, about 62 types, used by cancer patients are out of stock.
Spokesman Qudra affirmed that Gaza hospitals have not been provided with these vital medicines since the crisis of medical supplies started to worsen last July.
The spokesman appealed to international health organizations to pressure Israel to urgently allow shipments of medicines into Gaza and also to urge the PA in Ramallah city to swiftly and regularly provide Gaza hospitals with their needs of medical supplies.
